Split Seal Ring Joint Structure for Oil Leakage Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing split seal rings lack improved sealing performance, which is essential for preventing oil leakage in hydraulic systems and other fluid transmission apparatuses.

Innovation Solution

A split seal ring with an annular main body split partially in the circumferential direction, featuring abutment surfaces with inclined and horizontal components, and protruding portions on both inner and outer radial surfaces, enhancing sealing capabilities and facilitating easy replacement without disassembling the apparatus.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a conventional seal ring structure is used, then the apparatus structure is simple, but the sealing performance is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesealing performanceVSAvoidabutment surface structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by providing abutment surfaces with specific multi-stage inclined structures only at the split portions of the seal ring, while the rest of the seal ring maintains a simple annular structure. This localized complexity enhances sealing performance at the critical split interfaces without requiring the entire apparatus to be complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The seal ring is segmented into multiple parts by splitting it circumferentially, with abutment surfaces provided at the split portions. This segmentation allows the seal ring to be assembled in a divided state and then joined together, improving sealing performance at the junctions through the multi-stage inclined abutment surfaces while maintaining overall structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of repair

If the seal ring is split for easy replacement, then the ease of repair is improved, but the sealing performance deteriorates due to the split structure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereplacement without disassemblyVSAvoidsealing performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The seal ring is divided into multiple segments that can be separated circumferentially, allowing easy removal and replacement without disassembling the entire apparatus. The segments are joined through abutment surfaces with multi-stage inclined structures that ensure reliable sealing at the split interfaces, thus maintaining sealing performance despite the segmented structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The abutment surfaces utilize multi-stage inclined structures in the radial direction to achieve reliable sealing at the split interfaces. By adding dimensional complexity in the radial direction (multiple inclined stages) rather than requiring complex circumferential features, the patent maintains sealing performance while preserving the ease of replacement benefit from the split structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10907736B2Split seal ring
Publication Date: 2021.02.02 VALQUA LTD
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AI summary

A split seal ring includes: an annular main body seal split partially in a circumferential direction; and abutment surfaces provided on split surfaces of the main body seal so as to be joined to each other. Each of the abutment surfaces includes: a first inclined surface extending in a direction intersecting with the circumferential direction; a first horizontal surface extending from one end side of the first inclined surface along the circumferential direction; and a second inclined surface extending from an end of the first horizontal surface opposite to the first inclined surface in the direction intersecting with the circumferential direction. With this configuration, there can be provided a split seal ring having a structure that can improve the sealing performance.